Support for crockery and other articles.



D. G. HENINGBR.

SUPPORT PoR GROGKBRY ANDOTHEB ARTICLES. APPLIUATION FILED APR.22, 1910.. RENBWBD JUNE 4, 1912.

lnemenea Jan.7,1913.

[NVE/WOR uoLq/nnm PLANQGRAPM cu., WASHINGTON, n. c.

DAVID efRAN'i` HENINGER, or RURKES GARDEN, vIRGINIA.

SUPPORT FOR CROCKERY AND OTHER ARTICLES.

` Application filed vApril 22, 1910, SerialNo. 557,096.

To @ZZ whom t may concern Beit known that I, DAVID' G. HENINGER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burkes Garden, in the county of Tazewell 'and' State of Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsfin Supports for'Crockeryand otherArticles; and I do rhereby declare the following to be amfull, r4clear, and exact description of the invention,

such aswill enable o-thers skilled in the art yto which it appertains to make and use th My invention relates to new and useful improvements in supports for crockery and other. articles and my object isv to'soarrange thesupportingmechanism that the crockery resting thereon will be i partially or wholly immersed in water.

' A further objectzis to provide a water tight compartment into which the person may enter when the crockery is beingposit-ioned on the support or removed therefrom, and a further object is to provide a chamber at one end of the compartment into which meats or other .perishable articles may be placed. f f p.

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred to and moreparticularly i pointed out in the specification and claims.

In the accompanying drawings-which Vare made a part of this application, Figure l is a perspective view showing my improved Vdevice applied to use. Fig. 2is a top'plan view of the supporting device, and, Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view thereof;

Referring to the drawings in which similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, l indicates a platform, which may be constructed in any preferred shape and is preferably provided around its edges with an upwardly extending flange 2, which yflange serves to hold cans, crocks or other devices 3 in position on the platform.

The prime object of thisv invention is to support the cans or crocks in a body of water, such as springs orthe like and in practice, the platform. is immersed inwat'er and the cans placed thereon and in order to render the operation ofplacing the cans in position on the platform, a convenient task, a compartment l is formed on the platform by extending walls 5 upwardly there` from and when the cans are being placed lin position on the platform or removed Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913. Renewed June 4, 1912.; serial No. 701,656.

therefrom, the person so occupied will enter the compartment so that the cans can be handled without yunnecessary stooping or bending over. y

As sho-wn in Fig, 3 by dotted lines, a step 6V may be placed in one end of the compartment and if desired, a vchamber 7 may be formed in the opposite end thereof byextending a wall 8 transversely across the compartment 4 and in said chamber can be placed meats or other the upper end of the vided with a cover k9 to entering the same.

'One end of the compartment l is preferperishable substances, chamber being proprevent insects from Yably flush with one end of the platform and by placing said end of the platform adjacent the bank surrounding the spring or other body of water, ready access may be had to the compartment.

Instead of placing the portion of the platform. upon which the cans rest at the bottom ofthe compartment, itfmay'be placed at any suitable point in the height of the wall forming the compartment, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 3 of the drawings andy when lso constructed, cans or other devices shallower in depth than the ones shown inthe drawings may be placed thereon and at the same time immersed the proper depth into the Water. ,D The size of the compartment l may be readily enlarged, if desired, so that a churn or washing machine may be entered therein and operated.

The material from which the support is formed preferably consists of cement, but

any other materialniay be used, if desired.

By constructing the support in this manner, it may be veryV cheaply constructed and at the same time remain strong and durable -and it will further be see-n that the comi partment will be thoroughly dry, while the articles placed thereon will be fully im mersed in the cool water of the spring and in that manner thoroughly preserved. It

will likewise Vbe seen that by providing the n chamber at the end ofthe compartment, various kinds of perishable substances may be placed therein and kept in a cool state, as said articles would extend below the sur-y face of the water. It will further be seen that by providing the compartment in which a person 4can enter, the operation of placing the objects on Vthe platform or removing them therefrom will be greatly facilitated, as it will thus require less stooping in order to deposit the cans upon the platform.

lhat I claim is z- 1. A supporting device, comprising a plat-form having an upwardly extending flange aro-und its edges and walls extending upwardly from the platform to form a compartment, said platform beingpartitioned to form chambers, for the purpose described.

2. A' supporting device, comprising a platform adapted to be immersed in water, walls projecting upwardly fro-m said platform to form a compartment, one end of the compartment terminating integral with one end of the platform, a partition wall extending across said compartment to form a chamber and a cover for said chamber.

3. A supporting device, comprising a platform adapted to be immersed in water and having its edges provided with upwardly extending flanges, walls extending upwardly from said platform to form a central compartment thereon, and means to facilitate the entrance to said compartment.

4f. A supporting device, comprising a platform adapted to be immersed in water and having its edges provided with upwardly extending flanges, walls extending upwardly from said platform to form a central compartment thereon, said compartment being partitioned to form a chamber at one end thereof, and means to facilitate the entrance to said compartment, for the purpose described.

5. A supporting device, comprising a platform adapted to be immersed in water land having its edges provided with upwardly'extending flanges, walls extending upwardly from said platform to form a central compartment thereon, one end of said compartment terminating flush with the end of said platform, and means at the aforesaid-end of said compartment to facilitate entrance thereto, for the purpose described.

6. A supporting device, comprising a platform adapted to be immersed in water and having its edges provided with up wardly extending flanges, and walls extending upwardly from said platform to form a water-tightcompartment, one end of said compartment terminating flush with the adjacent end of said platform, for the purpose described.

7. A supporting device, comprising a platform adapted to be immersed in water and having its edges provided with upwardly extending flanges, a compartment formed on said platform and integral therewith, the sides and one end of said compartment being spaced from the langes on said platform to receive articles therebetween, and means to facilitate the entrance to said compartment, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

DAVID GRANT HENINGER. lllitnesses JOHN W. ST. CLAIR, A. B. BUCHANAN.

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